Help on Removal of Dynamically Created sprites.
- by Brrr Ice Tea
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
var index:int = 0;
var constY = 291;
var constW = 2;
var constH = 40;
hydrogenBtn.label = "Hydrogen";
heliumBtn.label = "Helium";
lithiumBtn.label = "Lithium";
hydrogenBtn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, loadHydrogen);
heliumBtn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, loadHelium);
lithiumBtn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, loadLithium);
var myTextLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
myTextLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded);
function loadHydrogen (event:Event):void {
myTextLoader.load(new URLRequest("hydrogen.txt"));
}
function loadHelium (event:Event):void {
myTextLoader.load(new URLRequest("helium.txt"));
}
function loadLithium (event:Event):void {
myTextLoader.load(new URLRequest("lithium.txt"));
}
var DataSet:Array = new Array();
var valueRead1:String;
var valueRead2:String;
function onLoaded(event:Event):void {
var rawData:String = event.target.data;
for(var i:int = 0; i<rawData.length; i++){
var commaIndex = rawData.search(",");
valueRead1 = rawData.substr(0,commaIndex);
rawData = rawData.substr(commaIndex+1, rawData.length+1);
DataSet.push(valueRead1);
commaIndex = rawData.search(",");
if(commaIndex == -1) {commaIndex = rawData.length+1;}
valueRead2 = rawData.substr(0,commaIndex);
rawData = rawData.substr(commaIndex+1, rawData.length+1);
DataSet.push(valueRead2);
}
generateMask_Emission(DataSet);
}
function generateMask_Emission(dataArray:Array):void{
var spriteName:String = "Mask"+index;
trace(spriteName);
this[spriteName] = new Sprite();
for (var i:int=0; i<dataArray.length; i+=2){
this[spriteName].graphics.beginFill(0x000000, dataArray[i+1]);
this[spriteName].graphics.drawRect(dataArray[i],constY,constW, constH);
this[spriteName].graphics.endFill();
}
addChild(this[spriteName]);
index++;
}
Hi, I am relatively new to flash and action script as well and I am having a problem getting the sprite to be removed after another is called. I am making emission spectrum's of 3 elements by dynamically generating the mask over a picture on the stage. Everything works perfectly fine with the code I have right now except the sprites stack on top of each other and I end up with bold lines all over my picture instead of a new set of lines each time i press a button.
I have tried using try/catch to remove the sprites and I have also rearranged the entire code from what is seen here to make 3 seperate entities (hoping I could remove them if they were seperate variables) instead of 2 functions that handle the whole process. I have tried everything to the extent of my knowledge (which is pretty minimal @ this point) any suggestions?
Thanks ahead of time!
